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A propitiously timed household survey carried out in Mozambique over the period 2008/ 2009 permits us to study the relationship between shifts in food prices and child nutrition status in a low income setting. We focus on weight-for-height and weight-for-age in different survey quarters characterized by very different food price inflation rates. Using propensity score matching techniques, we find that these nutrition measures, which are sensitive in the short run, improve significantly in...

This report relates to urbanisation as it is currently happening in Mozambique. It explores the present situation of cities and the government’s planned urbanisation strategy. It also discusses how the country plans to transition to a majority urban population. The report also discusses the impact of the urbanisation strategy on the regional development of the country through the promotion of growth corridors. To discuss this message, Future Cities Africa has selected three cities along the...

A partir de um modelo de previsões sobre dominância e a dinâmica de recrutamento nos partidos da oposição em sistemas de partido dominante, pretendeu-se perceber as dinâmicas do conflito político em Moçambique que culminaram com o agravamento da tensão militar entre as forças armadas do Governo moçambicano, e o maior partido da oposição, a RENAMO. Pode-se tomar como hipóteses que a assimetria de recursos entre o partido dominante no poder, a FRELIMO, e o maior partido da oposição, bem como...

In the framework of efforts to fight extreme poverty and recognising the importance and need to protect the poor and vulnerable population, in 2007 Mozambique approved Law No. 4/2007 which structured social protection into three levels, including basic social security. In 2010 the first National Basic Social Security Strategy (ENSSB I) was approved for the period 2010–2014, including a set of old (e.g. the Basic Social Security Programme—PSSB) and new (e.g. the Productive Social Action...

A política externa brasileira, a partir de 2003, apresentou uma notória curva em direção ao aprofundamento e à expansão das relações com outros países e regiões “do Sul global”. Nesse contexto, o continente africano ganhou importância para as relações internacionais do Brasil. O objetivo do artigo é avançar na compreensão da participação do setor empresarial na cooperação brasileira em Moçambique. Os resultados demonstram que as empresas e seus projetos privados se mesclam nos territórios....

The promotion of decentralisation and local governance has long since been an established part of bilateral and multilateral development cooperation. In the context of fragile statehood, however, this area of development cooperation is frequently faced with the general suspicion of encouraging separatism, exacerbating conflicts, and thereby promoting the disintegration of the state. At the same time, fragile contexts create demand for institutional solutions concerning the distribution of...

Seed systems in Mozambique There are three identified dominant seed systems in Mozambique, namely informal seed system (mainly farmer-saved seed), the intermediary (mainly administered by the NGOs and communitybased organizations) and the formal seed system that includes public sector and private sector (local and international seed companies). The farmer-saved and intermediary systems account for the bulk of seed volume transacted across the country (90%) focusing mainly on the local...

The project’s objective was to improve access to lower secondary education, by constructing 4 schools and extending the capacity of existing schools and their facilities in the target areas of Maputo Province and Gaza Province, thereby contributing to improvement of the quality of education. The project’s objective coincides with the development policy of Mozambique, which emphasizes the expansion of access to secondary education at the time of planning and also ex-post evaluation. It also...

Study commissioned by EU and other countries on CSO engagement. The identification of priorities is based on four criteria: • The findings of the recent mapping of civil society in Mozambique commissioned by the EU and other studies; • The official EU guidance on the preparation of a civil society roadmap; • Existing and planned EU interventions and of the partners engaged in the roadmap; • The need to combine a longer term perspective with concrete actions over the next 3 years. The...

Indonesia's trade policy has evolved over the last 50 years. It has been influenced by the country's level of development and the conflict between openness and protectionism; external developments, such as commodity booms and busts and increased competition; and international commitments, whether multilateral or regional. As a result, trade policy has often been ambivalent and ineffective. Given that Indonesia has undergone various transformations and that the world is a different place from...

Changes in relative prices of commodities consumed in different shares across income groups can be expected to alter real income differentials between these groups. Using Mozambican household budget survey and price data from 2002/03 and 2008/09, we show that once relative price increases are accounted for, inequality of real consumption increases substantially. We obtain this result by constructing a price deflator that reflects divergent price dynamics of different product categories....

Within the framework of this strategy, Swedish development cooperation with Mozambique aims to make use of the increased interest and potential to utilise the country's natural resources in a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable way. It also aims to improve opportunities for people living in poverty to contribute to and benefit from economic and democratic development. The strategy is valid for the period 2015–2020 and comprises a total of SEK 4.1 billion.

The objective of the baseline survey is to analyze and document the situation around accountability, transparency and governance of the O&G sector in the country prior to the implementation of the Oxfam project. It focuses on a selected group of indicators chosen for the country program logical framework, identified and approved in the Baseline Inception Phase. A total of 33 people were interviewed in the context of this baseline. This was accompanied by a thorough national and international...

This paper analyses the social networks existing among politicians and economists in contemporary Mozambique, using the SNA-Social Networks Analysis method to identify the links between these individuals, to discern their relationships and to measure both the density and the centrality of the political-business network. Mozambique’s political and business elite is thus identified. A network sociogram is presented identifying the individual position in the network and the linkages among these...

This case study was commissioned by N’weti Comunicação para a Saúde to explore the changes emerging from the implementation of an adapted version of the Community Scorecard (CSC) tool in 11 health facilities catchment areas in Nampula. This case study discusses how N’weti has adapted the Community Scorecard (CSC) tool to better improve the quality of the participation and prospects of accountability for citizens. The case study presents evidence that the adapted CSC tool has resulted in an...

Mozambique’s gas can be used to promote industrialisation and rural development, but only if key choices are made now. Current priorities are for export based mega-projects promising high revenues, but like past mega-projects doing little to create jobs or reduce poverty. Mega-projects costing tens of billions of dollars are essential, but the Council of Ministers can instruct that negotiations give a higher priority to using the gas to create a domestic industry and jobs, even if it reduces short term income.

The Citizen Engagement Program (CEP) in Mozambique is an empowerment and accountability program aiming to improve the quality of health and education services through supporting citizens to monitor them. The program supports citizens to engage with service providers to address identified problems; it also aims to generate evidence for policy and program improvement at the local and national levels. This case study is structured in three main sections. The first section provides a background...

The Mapping Study of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Mozambique was carried out during the first half of 2015, within the context of preparation for the Roadmap of the European Union (EU), Member States and other partners for engagement with civil society. Data collection included document analysis, and interviews with CSOs, international partners and Mozambican government institutions at national, provincial, district and local level. In the first phase of the field work, nine...

The aim of this article is to extend the state of analysis on the impacts of gas development in Mozambique by evaluating the relationship between the gas sector, the Mozambican economy, and social change. As the resource curse framework is only limited to economic growth, this work utilizes two alternative frameworks—the Staples approach and the Linkages approach—that are melded into an institutional analysis, looking simultaneously at “benefits, costs, and uncertainties” or “blessings,...

The Reality Checks are implemented 2011-2016 and each year field work is carried out in the Municipality of Cuamba, the District of Lago and the District of Majune in the Niassa Province. Each Reality Check focusses on a specific theme. This is the 4th Sub-Report from the District of Lago, focusing on the private sector/entrepreneurship. An Annual Report is produced each year to summarise the findings and conclusions from the three sub-reports.